Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 14, 2024
Bringing Louisiana's Barataria Basin Back to Life
Southwest of New Orleans on the west side of the Mississippi River, Louisiana's Barataria Basin has been slowly dying from natural and manmade pressures upon it. The good news is that help is on the way....
New Orleans Times Picayune - Tue December 26, 2023
New Orleans' Historic Harvey Tunnel Now Closed to Carry Out $53.7M in Upgrades
Louisiana's Harvey Tunnel opened nine governors ago, during Earl Long's administration, and for much of its 66-year history has been maintained and repaired on a piecemeal basis: Close one or both lanes in one direction to traffic, work for a week or so, then repeat on the other side....
Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development - Tue December 12, 2023
Site Work Has Begun On La.'s $361M Jimmie Davis Bridge Over Red River
Preliminary site work has started on a multi-million-dollar project to build a new Jimmie Davis Bridge for La. Highway 511 across the Red River connecting Bossier and Caddo Parishes, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced Dec....
BOMAG Americas - Mon December 11, 2023
Waukesha Pearce Industries Named Full-Line BOMAG Americas Dealer in Louisiana
BOMAG Americas announced Waukesha Pearce Industries LLC (WPI) as the new dealer in Louisiana for the manufacturer's full line of compaction, paving, milling and recycling/stabilizing equipment. For decades, WPI has successfully represented the BOMAG soil equipment line in parts of Texas....
Shreveport Times & CEG - Mon November 06, 2023
State, Local Leaders Break Ground On NW Louisiana State Building in Shreveport
Even though it was a cold and windy fall day, local and state leaders, including Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, gathered Oct. 30 on the first level of 500 Fannin St. in downtown Shreveport to break ground on what will become the new Northwest Louisiana (NWLA) State Office Building....
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Wed September 20, 2023
Louisiana Begins Construction On $14M Levee, Floodwall Project in Jean Lafitte
A number of officials in Louisiana representing the state, Jefferson Parish and the town of Jean Lafitte were on hand Sept. 5 near Bayou Barataria to celebrate the beginning of a $14 million levee and floodwall project that aims to bolster protections for the flood-prone community against tidal surge....
New Orleans Times-Picayune & Office of Gov. John Bel Edwards - Mon August 14, 2023
Louisiana Officials Finally Break Ground On $2.92B Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Effort
Gov. John Bel Edwards officially kicked off the construction of Louisiana's most ambitious wetlands restoration effort to date on Aug. 10 at a groundbreaking ceremony near Ironton along the west bank of the Mississippi River....
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Tue July 11, 2023
New $30M River Bridge Needed to Handle Rapid Growth in La.'s St. Tammany Parish
When a major road project was completed in 2019 on U.S. Highway 190 between Interstate 12 and Covington, La., the state's highway department said it would usher in an era of improved traffic flow in car-centric St....
Baton Rouge Advocate - Thu June 29, 2023
Plans Advance for Baton Rouge-Area Mississippi River Bridge, But Need Support
With statewide elections on the horizon in Louisiana this year, some Baton Rouge-area officials working to bring a new Mississippi River bridge to the region are worried leadership changes could derail construction before it even starts....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 25, 2023
Phase Two of $464M LA 1 Bridge Begins in Louisiana
Construction crews in southern Louisiana have begun phase two work on roughly 9 mi. of bridge that will connect Leeville to Golden Meadow in LaFourche Parish. Once this $464 million effort is complete, there will be 19.3 mi....
